Modern, responsive regulatory framework needed to create growth-conducive investment climate: CEA

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French Watchdog Says Regulators’ Focus Is Boosting Investment

-- A top French financial watchdog said regulators are increasingly focusing on enabling private investment, rather than creating roadblocks, as Europe seeks to improve its competitiveness and renews its aging infrastructure and defense. “There’s been this perception for long that, at least in the asset management regulation side, that regulation could only increase in time and never decrease,” Philippe Sourlas, …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Climate resilience funding: Experts call for blended finance and policy innovation

Firstpost

Experts emphasised the urgent need to address the funding gap for climate adaptation and resilience, particularly in vulnerable regions. They also expressed optimism about the potential for innovative financing mechanisms and collective action to address the climate resilience gap, urging governments, investors and people to prioritise adaptation as a critical component of climate action. The Raisina Dialogue 2025 brought together …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Will Wealthy Nations Finally Bridge the Climate Finance Gap with AI and Carbon Markets?

The Hindu

Published : Mar 19, 2025 16:49 IST - 6 MINS READ Imagine offering nothing more than a glass of water to a thirsty person during a drought, while enjoying an unlimited supply yourself. Not a zero-sum game Given this reality, how can wealthy nations, responsible for nearly half of historical CO₂ emissions, meet their climate finance obligations while reducing reliance …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

SEBI Chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey pitches for optimum over maximum regulation

The Hindu

Securities and Exchange Board of India’s new Chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey, expressed the regulators’ interest in doing away with “redundant and outdated” statutes to ensure ”optimum regulation” at an event in Mumbai. “Capital market is a dynamic space so change is imminent but we will certainly not be looking for maximum regulation but for optimum regulation”, Mr.Pandey said. He underlined …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Curbing regulatory burdens a priority, says Sitharaman

Hindustan Times

The government “remains steadfast in reducing regulatory burdens and enhancing trust-based governance” to improve the ease of doing business, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said adding that the pathway for reforms is complemented by its “unwavering focus” on capital expenditure as a driver of economic growth. Decriminalisation of business-related laws reduces the legal risks, allowing industries to operate …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

CEA Nageswaran warns of global growth risks, backs deregulation to spur economy

Live Mint

India’s chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday warned that recent policy actions across the world could hinder global growth and emphasized the need to foster optimism in India by easing economic activity. "The budget announced by the honourable finance minister, under the guidance of the honourable prime minister, places a high degree of emphasis on deregulation and ease …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

New model bilateral investment treaty to be attuned to demands of global investment environment: CEA

Live Mint

New Delhi, Mar 4 Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday said the new model text for bilateral investment treaty will be better aligned to the demands of a dynamic global investment environment, while safeguarding India's sovereign rights and regulatory space. Almost 10 years have passed since the last review of India's model BIT and since then, the global …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Rework India’s investment treaty framework to attract FDI flows

Live Mint

The Indian budget announcement of a revamped model Bilateral Investment Treaty to make it more investor-friendly is a delayed acknowledgement of the framework having failed to achieve its core objectives. Annual FDI inflows have only marginally increased from $60.2 billion in 2016-17 to $70.9 billion in 2023-24, reflecting global economic uncertainties and India’s restrictive investment treaty framework. The revised BIT …

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1 month ago

SEBI releases new regulatory framework for Specialized Investment Funds: How will this impact investors?

Live Mint

Markets watchdog Sebi on Thursday came out with a regulatory framework for Specialized Investment Funds requiring a minimum investment of ₹10 lakh across all strategies. The Route 1 requires the mutual fund to have been in operation for at least three years with an average Asset Under Management of at least ₹10,000 crore over the last three years. The alternate …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Europe is looking to roll back climate accounting rules

Live Mint

The European Commission is reviewing elements of its flagship Green Deal environmental policy, as worries over rising costs and a lack of competitiveness with China and the U.S. grow within the continent. To address concerns about companies’ regulatory burden, the EU plans to release a proposal later this month that is expected to pare back reporting requirements in some of …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why AIFs need regulatory innovation for next phase of growth

Live Mint

Alternative investment funds have evolved from niche offerings to become a cornerstone of India's financial ecosystem. A more adaptive approach, allowing fund managers to explore emerging sectors like climate tech, biotechnology, and blockchain, would keep India's AIF industry on the cutting edge of global trends. Ensuring that Category III AIFs are taxed at appropriate capital gains rates would provide much-needed …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Investors with 6 trillion euros warn EU not to weaken green rules

Live Mint

By Kate Abnett and Virginia Furness BRUSSELS, Feb 4 - Investors with 6.6 trillion euros in assets under management have urged the European Union not to weaken its sustainability rules, as Brussels draws up plans to cut red tape around green finance. In a joint statement on Tuesday, the investor groups including the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ease of doing business gets fresh impetus

New Indian Express

Over the past decade, the government has consistently demonstrated its commitment to improving the Ease of Doing Business in India by rationalising regulatory burdens and promoting a more business-friendly environment. This commitment was once again reinforced in the Economic Survey 2024-25 and the Union Budget 2025-26, which continued to emphasize deregulation as a central pillar of economic policy, ensuring that …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Give Entrepreneurs and Households Back Their Time and Mental Bandwidth: CEA

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Exuding the confidence that the Indian economy is on a steady growth path and the macroeconomic health checklist looks good, chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Friday called for giving entrepreneurs and households back their time and mental bandwidth, while at the same time making a strong case for significant roll back of regulations both by the …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Economic Survey bats for agencies within regulators to evaluate regulations

Live Mint

Mumbai: The Economic Survey on Friday called for creating independent agencies within financial sector regulators to evaluate their regulations “from all angles”. An economic and social cost-benefit analysis of regulations, the survey said, will prove useful to regulators in making them effective and purposeful rather than broad-based, cumbersome, and inhibiting legitimate economic activity and risk-taking. This will strengthen the credibility …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Here is what CEA V. Anantha Nageswaran said after the Economic Survey

Live Mint

Chief economic advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran on Friday said governments reducing regulation and simplifying it would help boost employment, generate income and, in turn, bolster domestic consumption. In a press briefing following the release of Economic Survey 2025, Nageswaran said India's current growth rate positions the country among the fastest-growing economies in the world. On employment generation: The government can …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Relax State, local laws to encourage private sector growth: Economic Survey

The Hindu

Chief Economic Adviser Ananth Nageshwaran has pitched for a larger role for the private sector, driven by increased deregulation, in his strategy to improve domestic economic growth, as laid out in the Economic Survey. While admitting that his pitch for deregulation is not as big as those in the liberalisation period, he said that his proposals would change rules at …

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2 months ago

US, India, and ‘Green Divide’: America cannot be left unhooked

Firstpost

If Donald Trump believes the Paris Agreement is unfair, then he can choose to not be a party to it and, at the same time, choose to financially contribute to developing countries that are willing to work on carbon emissions mitigation The United States, the world’s largest producer of oil and gas, will continue to expand production, solidifying its position …

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Govt investment funds to better spur innovation

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2 months, 1 week ago

Govt investment funds to better spur innovation

China Daily

An employee works in a photovoltaic module production workshop at a new energy company in Shangqiu, Henan province, on Jan 3. The country will leverage the unique characteristics of government investment funds as patient capital and their role in cross-cycle and countercyclical adjustments, said the State Council, the country's Cabinet, in a guideline earlier this month. In this context, government …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Govt investment funds to better spur innovation

China Daily

By WANG KEJU | China Daily | Updated: 2025-01-22 09:54 An employee works in a photovoltaic module production workshop at a new energy company in Shangqiu, Henan province, on Jan 3. The country will leverage the unique characteristics of government investment funds as patient capital and their role in cross-cycle and countercyclical adjustments, said the State Council, the country's Cabinet, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Govt investment funds to better spur innovation

China Daily

An employee works in a photovoltaic module production workshop at a new energy company in Shangqiu, Henan province, on Jan 3. The country will leverage the unique characteristics of government investment funds as patient capital and their role in cross-cycle and countercyclical adjustments, said the State Council, the country's Cabinet, in a guideline earlier this month. In this context, government …

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Top News

2 months, 1 week ago

Govt investment funds to better spur innovation

China Daily

Targeted steps attracting greater influx of social capital seen as key to economy China has taken a series of policy measures to calibrate its government investment fund system through its entire lifecycle, with a particular emphasis on enabling unimpeded exit channels and allowing for reasonable risks. The country will leverage the unique characteristics of government investment funds as patient capital …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Investors urged to back climate adaption and resilience as roadmap unveiled

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The clock is ticking — investors face a critical choice: act now to safeguard portfolios and invest in resilience, …

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CII roots for 10-point agenda to improve ease of doing business in India

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

CII roots for 10-point agenda to improve ease of doing business in India

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Ahead of the forthcoming Union Budget 2025-26, industry body Confederation of Indian Industry on Sunday called for a ten-point agenda to further improve ease of doing business in the country where urgent policy interventions would be immensely helpful. Emphasising the key areas of policy reforms in India, the industry body said that there should be a need for …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Industry seeks lower regulatory burden

Live Mint

New Delhi: The government should reduce red tape and simplify regulations for sustained and speedy improvement in the business climate, the Confederation of Indian Industry said on Sunday. In a continuously changing competitive environment and geopolitical and economic conditions, sustained and speedy improvement in domestic business climate has assumed a high priority, CII said in a statement. “Simplifying regulatory frameworks, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

CII suggests 10-point agenda on ease of business reforms ahead of Budget

The Hindu

Ahead of the upcoming Budget, industry body Confederation of Indian Industry on Sunday suggested a 10-point agenda to drive ease of doing business reforms, aimed at reducing compliance burden, simplifying regulatory frameworks, and improving transparency. CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said, "Simplifying regulatory frameworks, reducing compliance burdens, and enhancing transparency should continue to remain our focus agenda for next several …

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Industry body CII seeks 10-point Ease of Doing Business reforms from Budget 2025

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Industry body CII seeks 10-point Ease of Doing Business reforms from Budget 2025

Live Mint

New Delhi, January 12 : Industry body CII has put forward a 10-point specific suggestion before the central government ahead of Budget 2025, to increase Ease of Doing Business in India. While India has over the last decade remained focused on improving ease of doing business, there is a need to maintain the momentum especially in certain specific areas, CII …

India Industry Dispute Resolution Budget Land Cii Business Reforms

2 months, 4 weeks ago

COP29, climate finance and its optical illusion

The Hindu

Finance has been a major point of climate change negotiation since the launching of the United Nations-led climate change negotiations in 1991, producing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1992. The $100 billion mark, met by the developed countries only in 2022, does not match the growing needs of climate finance corresponding to the developing countries’ nationally determined …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Deregulation to be a budget priority as growth cools

Live Mint

New Delhi: The central government is assessing regulations across sectors to identify the ones that can be relaxed in the upcoming budget and beyond to cut red tape and help revive growth in a slowing economy, according to three people familiar with internal deliberations. “Streamlining Industrial Disputes Act, Factories Act and Contract labour Act, through the implementation of labour codes …

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3 months ago

PM demands ‘concrete proposals’ on growth from regulators

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In letters sent last week, Sir Keir Starmer, Chancellor …

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India Inc urges govt to implement industry-friendly reforms

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3 months ago

India Inc urges govt to implement industry-friendly reforms

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: India Inc on Sunday urged the government to implement industry-friendly reforms, proposing India's priority sector lending framework and advocating for the inclusion of emerging and high-impact sectors such as digital infrastructure, green initiatives, healthcare and innovative manufacturing. “Similarly, sectors like infrastructure and innovative manufacturing lack adequate PSL focus despite their potential to drive economic growth. We could look …

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3 months, 1 week ago

CII seeks reforms in India’s priority sector lending framework

Live Mint

New Delhi, Dec 22 Industry body CII has proposed reforms in India's Priority Sector Lending framework, suggesting inclusion of emerging sectors and high-impact sectors like digital infrastructure, green initiatives, healthcare, and innovative manufacturing. Arguing that current Development Finance Institutions like SIDBI and NaBFID have their roles cut out as they have earmarked sectors to finance, the chamber also suggested setting …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change poses severe risks to financial stability: RBI Deputy Governor

New Indian Express

MUMBAI: Warning of the increasing intensity and severity of climate risks, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao has called for a regulatory response to mitigate these challenges, emphasising their impact on price and financial stability. Speaking at an international conference on "Mitigating Climate Change Risks and Fostering a Robust Ecosystem for Sustainable Finance", organised by the Institute …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

COP29: How $300 billion climate funding is an ‘optical illusion’

Firstpost

Much of the funding relies on mobilising private finance, which often translates to loans rather than grants. Nations already grappling with crippling debt burdens face the prospect of trading financial solvency for climate action A demonstrator displays hands that reads "pay up" during a protest for climate finance at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, November 23, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

COP29 Sees Discord Over Climate Finance as Developed Countries Refuse to Meet Funding Commitments

The Hindu

Published : Nov 29, 2024 20:35 IST - 8 MINS READ When Azerbaijan as the Presidency of this year’s Conference of Parties held at Baku, in Azerbaijan, informed delegates working on extended time that participating countries had arrived at an agreement, there were many who disagreed. While declaring that the developed countries “shall provide financial resources to assist developing country …

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4 months ago

COP kicks the climate can down the road, again

Live Mint

New Delhi: Shorn of negotiator parlance, the latest edition of the Conference of Parties can be summed up with the one-liner from the movie Jerry Maguire: Show me the money. The possibility of the US not paying its fair share means other developed countries have to bear the burden, a reason why they didn’t want to commit to a higher …

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4 months ago

Finance COP fails to offer adequate finance to developing countries for climate action

Live Mint

New Delhi: After an extension and over two weeks of intense negotiations, the 29th UN climate change conference or COP29 in Baku finally reached a consensus on a new collective quantified goals on climate finance but disappointed developing countries with only $300 billion per year by 2035 as against a required $1.3 trillion. Onus on developed countries The final draft …

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4 months ago

Finance deadlock pushes COP29 to brink of failure

The Hindu

Despite running into overtime, very little headway had been achieved at the U.N. climate summit in Baku late on Saturday in terms of bringing developed and developing countries any closer to agreeing to a new global financial target, called the New Collective Quantitative Goal, for a moonshot at preventing a runaway rise in global temperatures. ‘Nickels and dimes’ The newest …

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4 months, 1 week ago

India at CoP-29: Push for climate finance and strengthen domestic sources

Live Mint

As CoP-29 reaches its final phase of talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, the focus on climate finance has intensified, underscoring its importance for developing economies like India. At the heart of this effort lies India’s domestic financial sector, particularly its banks, which are the largest source of climate finance outside of the government. Banks can embed climate risk into their broader …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Cop29: The trillion-dollar question that has left climate summit at an impasse

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The New Collective Quantified Goal on Finance, which will fund the climate disaster and prevention-related costs in developing countries, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

UN chief urges aligning climate action with limiting global warming to 1.5°C

Live Mint

New Delhi: Every country’s next round of nationally determined contributions must contain unambiguous, absolute emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, and align fossil fuel production and consumption plan to limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, UN secretary-general António Guterres said on Tuesday at the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This assumes significance, as negotiations for …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Climate finance is central for enabling and implementing climate actions, says India at COP29

Live Mint

New Delhi: Highlighting four essential aspects of global climate action, Leena Nandan, secretary of the ministry of environment, forest and climate change at COP29 on Monday, said the pre-2030 period is an opportunity to enhance global climate action through climate finance to reduce emissions and meet net zero. It is an opportunity to enhance global climate action,” Nandan said in …

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4 months, 1 week ago

COP29: India calls for “mutual trust” at key stage in Baku negotiations

Hindustan Times

India on Monday laid down its expectations on climate action for the next six years during the annual high-level ministerial round table on pre-2030 ambition. “This trust is dependent on access to enhanced financial resources, technology transfer, capacity-building, and availability of market- based mechanisms”, India said in its statement. The 2024 Nationally Determined Contributions synthesis report does not pose a …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Finance goal at centre of Baku COP29 crisis

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: With no progress made in week 1, the COP29 Presidency decided that ministers from Egypt and Australia will conduct consultations on the structure, contributors, and overall “quantum” of the new finance goal. According to developing countries including India, developed countries are pushing for higher mitigation goals without a commitment or even an indication of the quantum of the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Invest in the climate-health nexus

Hindustan Times

From November 11 to 22, global leaders and climate experts have come together at the Conference of Parties 29, billed as the ‘finance COP’ to set the New Collective Quantified Goal. The climate crisis is expected to put tremendous pressure on health systems across the world, with over 2,50,000 additional deaths per year predicted between 2030 and 2050. During the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

India calls out developed countries over stalled progress on climate issues at COP29

Live Mint

New Delhi: At the ongoing 29th Conference of the Parties climate conference in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, India expressed dissatisfaction with the insistence of developed countries to expand the scope of the Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme from what was agreed upon in the past. India, on behalf of like-minded developing countries, on Thursday said that developed countries need to …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

India pitches for $1.3 trillion in annual climate support for developing nations

Live Mint

Intervening on behalf of like-minded developing countries, India said that developed countries need to commit to provide and mobilise at least $1.3 trillion every year in the New Collective Quantified Goal till 2030. Developing countries require up to $1.5 trillion a year for their unique climate needs and net zero transition, according to various estimates. Also Read: COP29 stresses global …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Can COP29 deliver the big bucks needed to fight climate change?

India Today

On the shores of the Caspian Sea, Baku is welcoming leaders, climate activists, civil society members, and negotiators from over 200 countries with heightened anticipation around setting more ambitious climate finance targets through the proposed New Collective Quantified Goal. The agenda aims to revitalise global climate finance commitments, yet concerns loom over the pace and scale of progress. Across the …

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Raise $1tr annually for developing nations to deliver on Paris pact goals: Report

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Raise $1tr annually for developing nations to deliver on Paris pact goals: Report

Hindustan Times

Talks at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan’s Baku should focus on mobilising at least $1 trillion annually by 2030 in external finance from all sources for the investments necessary by emerging market and developing countries other than China to deliver on Paris Agreement goals, a report by the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance has said. …

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Modern, responsive regulatory framework needed to create growth-conducive investment climate: CEA

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